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Jed Saul Rakoff
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since December 31, 2010.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- October 11, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 19, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 21, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 29, 1995
- Commissioned
- January 4, 1996
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Abraham Freedman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1969-1970
- Private practice, New York City, 1970-1972, 1980-1995
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1973-1980; chief, business and securities fraud prosecutions, 1978-1980
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